Market Update

The European Union said its new plan for Northern Ireland will cut customs paperwork by 50% and mean most food products will not need to be checked when arriving from Great Britain.Northern Ireland has a special Brexit deal which keeps it in the EU’s single market for goods and allows …

The gap between yields on shorter- and longer-term Treasury yields narrowed Wednesday after new data showed consumer prices rose in August. The gap narrowed mainly because Longer-dated Treasury yields moved lower after stronger than expected U.S. inflation data.In turn, 10 and 30 year U.S. yields were lower on Wednesday morning. …

Stocks on Wall Street drifted between gains and losses on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 down 0.2% soon after the start of trading. The Nasdaq composite ticked up 0.3%. After opening higher, the Dow and S&P 500 soon lost momentum and gave back their modest gains in exchange for losses. …

Cryptocurrency market is double the size of the sub-prime debt in the U.S. on the eve of the financial crisis posing a threat unless urgently regulated according to the Bank of England.Crypto assets are worth $2.3 trillion, about 200% more than at the start of 2021. While that represents a …

U.K. disposable incomes are set for their biggest drop in a decade next year as rising inflation, tax hikes and tighter monetary and fiscal policy put the squeeze on consumers, according to Credit Suisse.The bank predicts a 1.5% drop in real disposable incomes in 2022, the biggest fall since the …

The deep crisis of Chinese Evergrande Group and major home builders drove debt market risk premiums on weaker Chinese firms to a record high on Wednesday triggering new credit rating downgrades.Evergrande missed its third round of interest payments on its international bonds this week, and other firms have also warned …

Inflation in the U.S. accelerated moderately in September with the consumer-price index CPI up 0.4% in September from August, and 5.4% on an annual basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The CPI was up 0.3% in the month of August.U. S. inflation isn’t going away and that means …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a warning about the growing risks in the expanding cryptocurrency space, including fraud, excess speculation and potential “runs” on seemingly more stable assets, in a report on Tuesday.Crypto in all its forms has been spreading around the globe. Nearly half of the world’s …

During the European session today, the Chinese yuan rose to 6.44 against the US dollar, approaching a two-week high of 6.43 touched earlier in October. Investors cheered strong Chinese trade data showing that exports and imports continued to rise at robust rates in September, both of which set records. On …

Inflation in the US, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 5.4% on a yearly basis in September from 5.3% in August, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showed on Wednesday. This reading came in line with analysts’ expectations. The CPI edged higher to 0.4% from …